Capt. JG wrote:
Well, I liked the simplicity of the squirty cheeze approach, but I like the
looks of whipping more. I think for fender lines I don't care that much, but
for other lines I do.


If you leave your fenders hanging overside while sailing, so
everybody can see them, you'd care more what they look like.


Melting the ends doesn't really do it. Seems to make things ugly and
difficult to do it right. Also, I don't like using fire on a boat if I don't
have to.


Do you have anything against the wheel, or other advanced
technologies??

Melting the ends doesn't get it for me, either. Some kinds
of modern rope will not melt. And it is difficult to get the
core melted in a way to bond with the cover, which results
in fraying in fairly short order.

The plastic goop has somewhat the same problem, it's better
if you can work it into the strands well. However one sure
cure for fraying rope ends is thinned epoxy resin... 'Cap'n
Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure' works very well (it's about
the only thing this stuff is good for). You have to give it
a few hours to set but it's less work than a proper whipping.

DSK